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VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 6, 1916.
NO. 3.
Deerwood Woman
Accidently Shot
Mrs. Lucy Waffensmith of
Deerwood was shot in the leg
Friday by the accidental discharge of a rifle. Her husband
was removing the shells, when
one of them exploded. The shell
passed through Mrs. Waffen-
smith's limb hitting the smallest child on the head, but not
injuring him. Mrs. W. was not
seriously hurt. Medical aid was
called at once and she is doing
nicely at present.
South Agram News.
Mr. and Mrs.Lawrence Brum-
mer of Lastrup called on J. J.
.Brummer and family Sunday.
Among the Buekman visitors
Friday were Mrs. J.J. Brummer
and children and Mrs. JohnRed-
ing and son Math, and daughter
Annie, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Kahl.
Many farmers have started
haying in this vicinity.
Fred Smith is erecting a new
dwelling house, which will soon
be completed.
Crops are in fair condition in
this part of the county.
FredSporlein is now the owner of Joseph Duchners's mule:
''Lady Bell.''
Those that called at Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Gruber and family
Sunday were: Thomas Theser
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John
Nagel and family, Rob. Gruber
Jr. and family, Frank Kandel
and son.
Jake Leidenfrost returned
from Dakota to spend the 4th of
July with his parents.
Barney Terhaar is the owner
of a new Allen car.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brummer
called on Herman Vierk Tuesday evening.
Miss Minnie Rauch returned
from St. Paul to spend the ■_th
at home.
Mrs. J.J. Brummer and daughter Calherine called at Math.
Schurrers last week.
$3500 For Quack
Grass On Farm
A verdict of $3,200 and interest, the full amount of the
suit, was returned by a jury in
district court this morning in
favor of Theodore Pholkamp in
hisactionagainst JohnB. Naber.
The plaintiff sued because he
said a piece of land in Buck-
man town sold him by the defendant contained quack grass
and the latter* had guaranteed
that it did not. The interest
brings the total amount of the
verdict up to $3,500.
Celebration of the
Fourth in Pierz
Dr. Chance Dead.
Dr. Chance of Little Falls
died Sunday evening, aged 60
years. He had been ill over a
year.
Glarrissa Pilepsen Died
Alter Short Illness
John P. Virnig of Lastrup
and A. F. Smith of Platte
are installing gas lighting
plants.
The mechanic who was
sent to install a couple of
gas lighting jnants here,
found himself handicapped
for work upon arrival. Thru
somebody's mistake his baggage check at the station
called for a woman's trunk,
instead of a chest of tools.
The Sisters' residence has
been raised about ten inches
and new sills have replaced
the old ones. J. Ressler, who
has charge of the work says
he expects no trouble in moving the big building.
Clarissa, the two and one
half year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Pilepsen died at
the Barney Gross residence last
Monday afternoon, after a 24
hours'illness. Burial took place
in St. Joseph's cemetery at 9
o'clock this (Thursday) morning.
Should Not Hiil Potatoes.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report
Wheat, No. 1, _-.___'__ $ 97
Wheat, No. 2_____ 93
Wheat, No. 3____ 87
Flax, ... 1.50
Barley 60
Rye 83
Oats 31
Ear Corn 65
" Hay 7.00
Butter, Creamery .. 37
Dairy 27
Eggs 17
Flour,Royal 3.20
v- " WhiteRose 3.10
' Low grade flour 1.60
. ^.Bran .... 1.25
Shorts 1.30
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed 1.40
Beans 4.00
Onious 60
Van Wormer, the Princeton
printer, says Princeton potato
growers have learned by experience that it is poor practice
to hill potatoes. He says that
hilling lessens the yield because it takes moisture away
from the roots.
This brings to mind the advice C. E. Brown of Elk River
gave here at a Farmers' Institute about six years ago. He
adyised against hilling, especially in such soil as we liave
here in Pierz. Mr. Brown is
an extensive potato farmer and
is a recognized authority on
potato culture; but because he
knows so much about the subject from experience and experiment, his ideas were made
fun of.
Mrs. Wm. Schauble and
Mrs. E. H. Kerkhoff visited
with friends in St. Cloud last
week.
Miss Lillian Schauble left
for Annamoose, N. D., last
Friday to spend several weeks
there with her brother Ernest.
N. M. Pflepsen. o f Palouse
Wash., Peter Pflepsen and
Mary Pflepsen of Gold Springs
and Theo. Molitor of Young
America were here today and
attended the Pflepsen funeral.
Misfortunes never come
singly. Jacob Pflepsen's
father had hardly closed his
eyes for his final sleep, when
he received word that his
daughter was seriously ill.
She died the next day. After
making funeral arangements
for his daughter he returned
to Cold Springs Tuesday to
attend his father's funeral Wednesday and returned here to bury his
daughter this morning.
The National Holiday was celebrated in Pierz with the usual
noise and mirth. The rain in
the morning kept many from arriving in town until afternoon,
but all were in time for the
races and ball game.
At the field sports in the afternoon the following is the
standing of the various contestants:
Free for all running race, 100
yard dash, Peter Gravel first,
Kingen second.
Boys under 16, 100 yard dash,
Peter Gravel first, Joe Faust
second.
Girls under 16, running race,
Irene Hoerner first, Alvina Virnig second, and Helen Hoerner
third.
In the horse races, Nick Mey-
ers's horse won first heat, with
Hoehn's second.
In the second bout only one
horse ran.
The ball game in the afternoon between Pierz and Brainerd resulted in a victory for
Pierz, the score being 3 to 5.
Sullivan News
The Linehan and Beggs families were Pierz goers last Monday.
Miss Mary Adkins left for
Deerwood Saturday to call on
her sister.
School closed last Wednesday
with a little excursion across
the lake, where the children enjoyed a picnic dinner, returning
in time to play a game of Volly
ball at C. E. Look's.
Mrs. Tom Smith visited at
"Fort Seibert" last Tuesday
afternoon.
Miss Mazie Look took supper
with the Lynn family Wednesday evening, strawberry short
cake was served in abundance.
Dr. and Mrs. Watson of Royalton also the doctors father arrived Tuesday. Thev returned
home Friday with a tine string
of black bass.
Mrs. Lynn and daughter Dorothy called at C. E. Look's last
Thursday.
Mr. Christianson of Deepha-
ven, accompanied by Wm. Goble
of Rucker, was buying cattle in
this vicinity Thursday.
When the "gute'' house wife
looks as krauce at you after the
tenth helping of beans always
dig up your little 30 cents, its
by far the safer wav.
Pierz goers Saturday were
Merle Look, Sam Martin, Ray
Sims and wife, Mrs. T. S. and
Mrs. C. E. Look.
Tom Randall and children of
Sauk Rapids arrived with their
household goods Sunday. Mr.
Randall has bought a piece of
land at the west end of the lake.
He expects to build soon.
Sam Martin, Perry Van Reu-
ren, John Smith and Fred Lynn
were callers at the lake Sunday.
A party of gentlemen from
Royalton, among whom were
A. A. Little and T. Rodgers
motored up to the lake Sunday
and returned Monday with several black bass.
Card of Thanks.
We hereby express our thanks
to the relatives and friends,
who assisted us during the illness and death and burial of our
daughter Clarissa.
Jacob Pflepson and wife.
The Flood Nineteen
Years Ago
Nineteen years ago last Monday, July 23, 1895, Skunk river
readied its extreme high water
mark. The water which came
suddenly and receded rapidly,
came within a few rods of C. A.
Virnig's door.
Heavy rains broke the "Big
Dam" up on Hilhnan six miles,
and released a large area of
backwater, which swept down
Hilhnan and Skunk and took
with iteverv bridge on the way.
A special election was held
that day to decide whether or
not the town should be separated from the village, but only a
few votes were cast. The voters on the east side couldn't get
across.
Wisdom of a Hen.—An old
hen was sitting on a nest of eggs
on a little rise of ground in the
valley east of C. A. Virnig's
house. When the rising water
began to make it uncomfortable
for her she took refuge in a
nearby willow shrub. The distance directly across to her
coop was too far for her untrained wings, but she reached
the shore safely by a series of
short llights from willow to
willow, about 40 rods down the
stream and walked back home.
She saved herself but lost her
whole prospective family in
the Hood.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Genola News.
Mrs. Ed. Ruff of Morris is visiting with her sister Mrs. Henry
Stumpf.
Mr. and Mrs. Ordorf of Buffalo, Minn., accompanied Miss
Charlotte Friedrich home last
Monday.
Several of our young folks attended the wedding dance at
Buekman last Tuesday and report a good time.
Barbara Bolster was laid up
the latter part of the week
with a fractured arm.
Henry Greehling and son Hen-
rp motored down from Buffalo,
Minn., to visit A. Friedrich and
family Monday.
Clara Litke returned Friday
from a visit with friends in Little Falls.
Peter Girtz has bought the
oldMarshik residence of John
Hoheisel and will become a
Pierz resident about October
first. John Hoheisel has
bought the Geo. Sigetti place
in Platte and will get out of
town and take possession
some time in fall.
John Noll of Lastrup was
a business caller in Pierz last
Saturday. He says he had
not been here for over a
year.
Hetty Green the richest
woman in the world, died at
her home in New York last
Monday.
If only those wasted cracks
and booms along the western
and eastern front could be
bottled up and let loose here
for 4th of July purposes.
Among Fourth of July
visitors here were: N. Langer,
Brainerd; JosephJaeger, Staples; Frank and John Macho,
St. Cloud; Jake Eisel, Little
Falls; "Col" Seibert, Sullivan; Chas. Hauer and youngest daughter,Cass Lake;Nick
Faust, Elk River; And. Berg,
Minneapolis.
The annual rain cameTues-
day, July 4th, but it came a
little early seriously to interfere with festivities of the
day. The sun rose clear but
was obsenred by clouds shortly after, and by six o'clock
a good shower of rain fell.
Peter Nagel was kicked by
a horse last Friday.
Frank Rauch is building a
barn on the Ig. Bednar place.
Unless all signs fail, there
will be a heavy crop of barley.
Jake Thoen of Dixville
was a caller in Pierz last
Friday.
The Farmers Creamery
paid out $2,027.67 for cream
last week.
Andrew Berg of Minneapolis is visiting at the And,
Faust home.
Almost six and one-half
inches of rain fell during the
month of June.
As usual, J. J. Hennen
celebrate the national holiday with us.
Emma Smith of Sprague,
Wash., is visiting at the Kinzer home in Buekman.
Wessel Wolke of Lastrup
shook hands with old friends
here Saturday.
John Nimsch, working in
Casselton, N. 1). came home
to spend the Fourth.
Frank Hocheisel of Minneapolis came up to celebrate the Fourth at home.
Tony Fueger of Lit tie Falls
passed through here Monday
to spend the Fourth inPlatte.
Nick Faust says the
Elk River Creamery makes
over 200 tubs of butter every
week.
Mrs. Avery and Mary Busseler, sister and daughter of
F. X. Busseler of Lastrup are
here for an extended visit.
Martin Schoneberg and
family of Spring Hill visited
their daughter, Mrs.. Tony
Welle, last week.
Frank Huerz of Piatt Lake
township called here Friday.
He comes to Pierz about once
in a year.
The Wermerskirchen cottage is rapidly Hearing completion. It will be strictly
modern throughout.
Mrs. C. E. Look and son,
Merle, and Mrs. T. S. Look
of Sulivan were in the village Saturday making Fourth
of July purchases.
C. E.Gravel, Henry Wuellner and a few others witnessed the races at Little
Falls the Fourth. "Black
Diamond" won.
Mrs. Ludwig, Mrs. John
Benfield of New Munich, and
Mrs. Joseph Benfield of
West Union were visitors at
widow Benfield's a few days
last week.
An Indian of White Earth
spent Sunday in Pierz. He
was on his way to Mille Lacs
where he said, there would
be an Indian dance the
Fourth.
John Randall and family
passed through Pierz Saturday with a load of household goods enroute to Sullivan where they intend to
make their home. Randall
lived at Sulivan about ten
years ago.
Fire Destroys
Farrow's Barn.
The F. P. Farrow livery barn
of Little Falls was completely
destroyed by fire last Thursday
night. Only the walls are left
standing and they are in such
condition that they cannot be
used in rebuilding. Mr. Farrow
plans to erect an other building
on the site of the old one. Twenty horses which were in the
basement of the barn were saved
and all but three of the buggies
were removed from the building. About half the harness
and robes were burned, the entire outfit of sleds and cutters,
which was kept on the second
floor, was lost, and 15 tons of
hay and 800 bushels of oats
were destroyed.
The origin of the fire is not
known and it is not definitely
known in what part of the barn
it started. Some say that it
started in the hay mow and
others that it started in the hay
chute leading from the mow to
the basement and followed the
chute to the top floor. Within
a few minutes after the blaze
started, the entire second floor
and the roof were in flames.
Eight horses for sale on easy
terms. Jos. H. Grell,Pierz
It is reported that copper
ore had been found at Cold
Springs.
Nicholas Pflepsen, father
to Jacob Pflepson, died in
Cold Springs last Sunday
noon. Mr. Pflepson had been
"The Village Blacksmith"
of Cold Springs for 60 years.
F. X. Busseler of Lastrup,
Wm. Konen and Peter Tretter of Buh returned from
Little Falls last Friday
wdiere they had been attending court as jurors.
Almost new No. 10 typewriter
for sale, $55. Guaranteed to be
in perfect condition. We will
rent or sell this machine. Little
Falls Business College, Little
Falls, Minn.
Wm. M. Meyer and Nick
Meyer, who have been working for the Nichols & Chis-
holin Lumber Co. at Frazee,
returned home Saturday to
visit their parents.
The newlyweds, Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Feider, returned to Pierz after a short
honeymoon trip last Friday
and left for Duluth Saturday,
where they will make their
future home.
The booming of the Little
Falls'.and Buckmanguns and
the thunder early Tuesday
morning were so blended,
that it was hard to tell one
from the other. But there
was a difference—the shots
were a little shorter.
Many students of the Little
Falls Business College secure
good positions before they complete their course. This shows
the demand for well trained
young men and young women.
You can enter at any time.
Write for a catalog.
WANT TO SELL—Three finely
improved farms all adjoining,
about 18 miles northwest of
Pierz. Will sell for cost of improvements. All handsome living places on fine road. Fine
clay soil in high state of cultivation. If you want a fine farm
home, come and see them, and
you will want one of them.
Write Dawes Farm Land Co.,
Brainerd, Minn. 2-8t
MAKE TWO TRIPS I
ACROSS BORDER
American Cavalrymen Unable to
Capture Bandits.
SENTRIES EXCHANGE SHOTS,
Officers Commanding Troops Alone!
1,700-Mile Boundary Cautioned
to Avoid Clashes.
Port Hancock, Tex., July 3—Ameri-;
can cavalry forces made two fruitless;
incursions into Mexico and returned!
without having caught sight of the;
Mexican bandits whose trail they had;
followed.
The first dash across the Rio Grande j
was made just west of here after j
news had been received that a bandj
of ten robbers from south of the line;
had run off with three horses from aj
ranch near old Fort Hancock.
Lieutenant E. N. Hardy of the!
Eighth cavalry followed the marauJ-i
ers' trail to the river with a detach-i
ment of twenty men, but on orders'
from General George Bell, Jr., did not
cross until reinforced by C and D
troops, Eighth cavalry, rushed by
train from Fort Bliss.
The expedition, commanded by
Captain Leroy Eltings, penetrated
about ten miles into Mexico, and found
that the bandits had doubled b#ck
east.
Abandoning the quest the troops
reached the fort here. They made
a new start, this time striking into
Mexico to the east. Their goal was
a valley known to be the rendevous
of a gang who were known to have recently repulsed a band of Mexican
regulars.
Lieutenant Rodman Butler, with C
troop, surrounded the bandits' gathering place. They, however, had fled
when lie arrived.
'RESS
APPROVES STATEMENT
Mexico City, July 1.—Mexico City
newspapers vigorously approve the
statement given out by Foreign Secretary Aguilar commenting upon and
refuting assertions in the American
note.
The statement contains a strenuous
denial of many of the charges made in
this communication with counter
charges against the United States, but
does not contain a repetition of the
demand for withdrawal of Ameiican
troops.
Replying to the charge that Amori-
can citizens have been murdered in
Mexico the statement points out that,
because of internal disturbances Mexican citizens also have suffered from
the operations of foandits and revolutionary forces.
Many Mexicans Murdered,
It is also asserted that in many
cases Mexicans have been murdered
on American soil and that thair murderers have gc.'j unpunished, although the attention of the American
state department had been called to
the occurrence.
The foreign office points out that
many of the outrages complained of
by the United States occurred before
the United States recognized thp Carranza government and alleg.es that
because of this fact it is not proper
to bring these complaints to the attention of the de facto government at
this time.
The foreign office reiterates previous declarations every effort has been
made by the Constitutionalist government to punish persons guilty of outrages against foreigners.
ARE LINING UP FOR FIGHT
Mexican Troops Move Into Advantageous Positions.
Columbus, N; M., June 30.—According to reports received here 10,000
Carranzista cavalry have been mobilized at Bustillo on the Mexican-
Northwestern, 12,000 men are at Villa,
Ahumada, 2,000 are at Guzman, and]
General P. Elas Calles of Sonora is j
moving large bodies of troops toward I
the Sonora-Chihuahua border.
If these reports are true the envel-1
oping movement of the Mexicans j
around General Pershing's army is be-1
coming more and more pronounced.
AMERICAN MARINE IS KILLED:
. i
i
Private John Acriment Slain in Battle j
at San Domingo.
Washington, June 30.—One Ameri- j
can marine, Private John Acriment,;
was killed in an engagement between!
American marines and San Domingo j
rebels at Monte Cristi, according to a;
report received from Rear Admiral j
Oaperton.
The engagement lasted an hour.
f Devonshire Succeeds Connaught.
London, June 29.—Official announce- j
Blent was made that the Duke of Con-1
naught will be succeeded as governor
general of Canada by the Duke of
Devonshire.
Journal ads bring" results.

VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 6, 1916.
NO. 3.
Deerwood Woman
Accidently Shot
Mrs. Lucy Waffensmith of
Deerwood was shot in the leg
Friday by the accidental discharge of a rifle. Her husband
was removing the shells, when
one of them exploded. The shell
passed through Mrs. Waffen-
smith's limb hitting the smallest child on the head, but not
injuring him. Mrs. W. was not
seriously hurt. Medical aid was
called at once and she is doing
nicely at present.
South Agram News.
Mr. and Mrs.Lawrence Brum-
mer of Lastrup called on J. J.
.Brummer and family Sunday.
Among the Buekman visitors
Friday were Mrs. J.J. Brummer
and children and Mrs. JohnRed-
ing and son Math, and daughter
Annie, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Kahl.
Many farmers have started
haying in this vicinity.
Fred Smith is erecting a new
dwelling house, which will soon
be completed.
Crops are in fair condition in
this part of the county.
FredSporlein is now the owner of Joseph Duchners's mule:
''Lady Bell.''
Those that called at Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Gruber and family
Sunday were: Thomas Theser
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John
Nagel and family, Rob. Gruber
Jr. and family, Frank Kandel
and son.
Jake Leidenfrost returned
from Dakota to spend the 4th of
July with his parents.
Barney Terhaar is the owner
of a new Allen car.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brummer
called on Herman Vierk Tuesday evening.
Miss Minnie Rauch returned
from St. Paul to spend the ■_th
at home.
Mrs. J.J. Brummer and daughter Calherine called at Math.
Schurrers last week.
$3500 For Quack
Grass On Farm
A verdict of $3,200 and interest, the full amount of the
suit, was returned by a jury in
district court this morning in
favor of Theodore Pholkamp in
hisactionagainst JohnB. Naber.
The plaintiff sued because he
said a piece of land in Buck-
man town sold him by the defendant contained quack grass
and the latter* had guaranteed
that it did not. The interest
brings the total amount of the
verdict up to $3,500.
Celebration of the
Fourth in Pierz
Dr. Chance Dead.
Dr. Chance of Little Falls
died Sunday evening, aged 60
years. He had been ill over a
year.
Glarrissa Pilepsen Died
Alter Short Illness
John P. Virnig of Lastrup
and A. F. Smith of Platte
are installing gas lighting
plants.
The mechanic who was
sent to install a couple of
gas lighting jnants here,
found himself handicapped
for work upon arrival. Thru
somebody's mistake his baggage check at the station
called for a woman's trunk,
instead of a chest of tools.
The Sisters' residence has
been raised about ten inches
and new sills have replaced
the old ones. J. Ressler, who
has charge of the work says
he expects no trouble in moving the big building.
Clarissa, the two and one
half year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Pilepsen died at
the Barney Gross residence last
Monday afternoon, after a 24
hours'illness. Burial took place
in St. Joseph's cemetery at 9
o'clock this (Thursday) morning.
Should Not Hiil Potatoes.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report
Wheat, No. 1, _-.___'__ $ 97
Wheat, No. 2_____ 93
Wheat, No. 3____ 87
Flax, ... 1.50
Barley 60
Rye 83
Oats 31
Ear Corn 65
" Hay 7.00
Butter, Creamery .. 37
Dairy 27
Eggs 17
Flour,Royal 3.20
v- " WhiteRose 3.10
' Low grade flour 1.60
. ^.Bran .... 1.25
Shorts 1.30
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed 1.40
Beans 4.00
Onious 60
Van Wormer, the Princeton
printer, says Princeton potato
growers have learned by experience that it is poor practice
to hill potatoes. He says that
hilling lessens the yield because it takes moisture away
from the roots.
This brings to mind the advice C. E. Brown of Elk River
gave here at a Farmers' Institute about six years ago. He
adyised against hilling, especially in such soil as we liave
here in Pierz. Mr. Brown is
an extensive potato farmer and
is a recognized authority on
potato culture; but because he
knows so much about the subject from experience and experiment, his ideas were made
fun of.
Mrs. Wm. Schauble and
Mrs. E. H. Kerkhoff visited
with friends in St. Cloud last
week.
Miss Lillian Schauble left
for Annamoose, N. D., last
Friday to spend several weeks
there with her brother Ernest.
N. M. Pflepsen. o f Palouse
Wash., Peter Pflepsen and
Mary Pflepsen of Gold Springs
and Theo. Molitor of Young
America were here today and
attended the Pflepsen funeral.
Misfortunes never come
singly. Jacob Pflepsen's
father had hardly closed his
eyes for his final sleep, when
he received word that his
daughter was seriously ill.
She died the next day. After
making funeral arangements
for his daughter he returned
to Cold Springs Tuesday to
attend his father's funeral Wednesday and returned here to bury his
daughter this morning.
The National Holiday was celebrated in Pierz with the usual
noise and mirth. The rain in
the morning kept many from arriving in town until afternoon,
but all were in time for the
races and ball game.
At the field sports in the afternoon the following is the
standing of the various contestants:
Free for all running race, 100
yard dash, Peter Gravel first,
Kingen second.
Boys under 16, 100 yard dash,
Peter Gravel first, Joe Faust
second.
Girls under 16, running race,
Irene Hoerner first, Alvina Virnig second, and Helen Hoerner
third.
In the horse races, Nick Mey-
ers's horse won first heat, with
Hoehn's second.
In the second bout only one
horse ran.
The ball game in the afternoon between Pierz and Brainerd resulted in a victory for
Pierz, the score being 3 to 5.
Sullivan News
The Linehan and Beggs families were Pierz goers last Monday.
Miss Mary Adkins left for
Deerwood Saturday to call on
her sister.
School closed last Wednesday
with a little excursion across
the lake, where the children enjoyed a picnic dinner, returning
in time to play a game of Volly
ball at C. E. Look's.
Mrs. Tom Smith visited at
"Fort Seibert" last Tuesday
afternoon.
Miss Mazie Look took supper
with the Lynn family Wednesday evening, strawberry short
cake was served in abundance.
Dr. and Mrs. Watson of Royalton also the doctors father arrived Tuesday. Thev returned
home Friday with a tine string
of black bass.
Mrs. Lynn and daughter Dorothy called at C. E. Look's last
Thursday.
Mr. Christianson of Deepha-
ven, accompanied by Wm. Goble
of Rucker, was buying cattle in
this vicinity Thursday.
When the "gute'' house wife
looks as krauce at you after the
tenth helping of beans always
dig up your little 30 cents, its
by far the safer wav.
Pierz goers Saturday were
Merle Look, Sam Martin, Ray
Sims and wife, Mrs. T. S. and
Mrs. C. E. Look.
Tom Randall and children of
Sauk Rapids arrived with their
household goods Sunday. Mr.
Randall has bought a piece of
land at the west end of the lake.
He expects to build soon.
Sam Martin, Perry Van Reu-
ren, John Smith and Fred Lynn
were callers at the lake Sunday.
A party of gentlemen from
Royalton, among whom were
A. A. Little and T. Rodgers
motored up to the lake Sunday
and returned Monday with several black bass.
Card of Thanks.
We hereby express our thanks
to the relatives and friends,
who assisted us during the illness and death and burial of our
daughter Clarissa.
Jacob Pflepson and wife.
The Flood Nineteen
Years Ago
Nineteen years ago last Monday, July 23, 1895, Skunk river
readied its extreme high water
mark. The water which came
suddenly and receded rapidly,
came within a few rods of C. A.
Virnig's door.
Heavy rains broke the "Big
Dam" up on Hilhnan six miles,
and released a large area of
backwater, which swept down
Hilhnan and Skunk and took
with iteverv bridge on the way.
A special election was held
that day to decide whether or
not the town should be separated from the village, but only a
few votes were cast. The voters on the east side couldn't get
across.
Wisdom of a Hen.—An old
hen was sitting on a nest of eggs
on a little rise of ground in the
valley east of C. A. Virnig's
house. When the rising water
began to make it uncomfortable
for her she took refuge in a
nearby willow shrub. The distance directly across to her
coop was too far for her untrained wings, but she reached
the shore safely by a series of
short llights from willow to
willow, about 40 rods down the
stream and walked back home.
She saved herself but lost her
whole prospective family in
the Hood.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Genola News.
Mrs. Ed. Ruff of Morris is visiting with her sister Mrs. Henry
Stumpf.
Mr. and Mrs. Ordorf of Buffalo, Minn., accompanied Miss
Charlotte Friedrich home last
Monday.
Several of our young folks attended the wedding dance at
Buekman last Tuesday and report a good time.
Barbara Bolster was laid up
the latter part of the week
with a fractured arm.
Henry Greehling and son Hen-
rp motored down from Buffalo,
Minn., to visit A. Friedrich and
family Monday.
Clara Litke returned Friday
from a visit with friends in Little Falls.
Peter Girtz has bought the
oldMarshik residence of John
Hoheisel and will become a
Pierz resident about October
first. John Hoheisel has
bought the Geo. Sigetti place
in Platte and will get out of
town and take possession
some time in fall.
John Noll of Lastrup was
a business caller in Pierz last
Saturday. He says he had
not been here for over a
year.
Hetty Green the richest
woman in the world, died at
her home in New York last
Monday.
If only those wasted cracks
and booms along the western
and eastern front could be
bottled up and let loose here
for 4th of July purposes.
Among Fourth of July
visitors here were: N. Langer,
Brainerd; JosephJaeger, Staples; Frank and John Macho,
St. Cloud; Jake Eisel, Little
Falls; "Col" Seibert, Sullivan; Chas. Hauer and youngest daughter,Cass Lake;Nick
Faust, Elk River; And. Berg,
Minneapolis.
The annual rain cameTues-
day, July 4th, but it came a
little early seriously to interfere with festivities of the
day. The sun rose clear but
was obsenred by clouds shortly after, and by six o'clock
a good shower of rain fell.
Peter Nagel was kicked by
a horse last Friday.
Frank Rauch is building a
barn on the Ig. Bednar place.
Unless all signs fail, there
will be a heavy crop of barley.
Jake Thoen of Dixville
was a caller in Pierz last
Friday.
The Farmers Creamery
paid out $2,027.67 for cream
last week.
Andrew Berg of Minneapolis is visiting at the And,
Faust home.
Almost six and one-half
inches of rain fell during the
month of June.
As usual, J. J. Hennen
celebrate the national holiday with us.
Emma Smith of Sprague,
Wash., is visiting at the Kinzer home in Buekman.
Wessel Wolke of Lastrup
shook hands with old friends
here Saturday.
John Nimsch, working in
Casselton, N. 1). came home
to spend the Fourth.
Frank Hocheisel of Minneapolis came up to celebrate the Fourth at home.
Tony Fueger of Lit tie Falls
passed through here Monday
to spend the Fourth inPlatte.
Nick Faust says the
Elk River Creamery makes
over 200 tubs of butter every
week.
Mrs. Avery and Mary Busseler, sister and daughter of
F. X. Busseler of Lastrup are
here for an extended visit.
Martin Schoneberg and
family of Spring Hill visited
their daughter, Mrs.. Tony
Welle, last week.
Frank Huerz of Piatt Lake
township called here Friday.
He comes to Pierz about once
in a year.
The Wermerskirchen cottage is rapidly Hearing completion. It will be strictly
modern throughout.
Mrs. C. E. Look and son,
Merle, and Mrs. T. S. Look
of Sulivan were in the village Saturday making Fourth
of July purchases.
C. E.Gravel, Henry Wuellner and a few others witnessed the races at Little
Falls the Fourth. "Black
Diamond" won.
Mrs. Ludwig, Mrs. John
Benfield of New Munich, and
Mrs. Joseph Benfield of
West Union were visitors at
widow Benfield's a few days
last week.
An Indian of White Earth
spent Sunday in Pierz. He
was on his way to Mille Lacs
where he said, there would
be an Indian dance the
Fourth.
John Randall and family
passed through Pierz Saturday with a load of household goods enroute to Sullivan where they intend to
make their home. Randall
lived at Sulivan about ten
years ago.
Fire Destroys
Farrow's Barn.
The F. P. Farrow livery barn
of Little Falls was completely
destroyed by fire last Thursday
night. Only the walls are left
standing and they are in such
condition that they cannot be
used in rebuilding. Mr. Farrow
plans to erect an other building
on the site of the old one. Twenty horses which were in the
basement of the barn were saved
and all but three of the buggies
were removed from the building. About half the harness
and robes were burned, the entire outfit of sleds and cutters,
which was kept on the second
floor, was lost, and 15 tons of
hay and 800 bushels of oats
were destroyed.
The origin of the fire is not
known and it is not definitely
known in what part of the barn
it started. Some say that it
started in the hay mow and
others that it started in the hay
chute leading from the mow to
the basement and followed the
chute to the top floor. Within
a few minutes after the blaze
started, the entire second floor
and the roof were in flames.
Eight horses for sale on easy
terms. Jos. H. Grell,Pierz
It is reported that copper
ore had been found at Cold
Springs.
Nicholas Pflepsen, father
to Jacob Pflepson, died in
Cold Springs last Sunday
noon. Mr. Pflepson had been
"The Village Blacksmith"
of Cold Springs for 60 years.
F. X. Busseler of Lastrup,
Wm. Konen and Peter Tretter of Buh returned from
Little Falls last Friday
wdiere they had been attending court as jurors.
Almost new No. 10 typewriter
for sale, $55. Guaranteed to be
in perfect condition. We will
rent or sell this machine. Little
Falls Business College, Little
Falls, Minn.
Wm. M. Meyer and Nick
Meyer, who have been working for the Nichols & Chis-
holin Lumber Co. at Frazee,
returned home Saturday to
visit their parents.
The newlyweds, Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Feider, returned to Pierz after a short
honeymoon trip last Friday
and left for Duluth Saturday,
where they will make their
future home.
The booming of the Little
Falls'.and Buckmanguns and
the thunder early Tuesday
morning were so blended,
that it was hard to tell one
from the other. But there
was a difference—the shots
were a little shorter.
Many students of the Little
Falls Business College secure
good positions before they complete their course. This shows
the demand for well trained
young men and young women.
You can enter at any time.
Write for a catalog.
WANT TO SELL—Three finely
improved farms all adjoining,
about 18 miles northwest of
Pierz. Will sell for cost of improvements. All handsome living places on fine road. Fine
clay soil in high state of cultivation. If you want a fine farm
home, come and see them, and
you will want one of them.
Write Dawes Farm Land Co.,
Brainerd, Minn. 2-8t
MAKE TWO TRIPS I
ACROSS BORDER
American Cavalrymen Unable to
Capture Bandits.
SENTRIES EXCHANGE SHOTS,
Officers Commanding Troops Alone!
1,700-Mile Boundary Cautioned
to Avoid Clashes.
Port Hancock, Tex., July 3—Ameri-;
can cavalry forces made two fruitless;
incursions into Mexico and returned!
without having caught sight of the;
Mexican bandits whose trail they had;
followed.
The first dash across the Rio Grande j
was made just west of here after j
news had been received that a bandj
of ten robbers from south of the line;
had run off with three horses from aj
ranch near old Fort Hancock.
Lieutenant E. N. Hardy of the!
Eighth cavalry followed the marauJ-i
ers' trail to the river with a detach-i
ment of twenty men, but on orders'
from General George Bell, Jr., did not
cross until reinforced by C and D
troops, Eighth cavalry, rushed by
train from Fort Bliss.
The expedition, commanded by
Captain Leroy Eltings, penetrated
about ten miles into Mexico, and found
that the bandits had doubled b#ck
east.
Abandoning the quest the troops
reached the fort here. They made
a new start, this time striking into
Mexico to the east. Their goal was
a valley known to be the rendevous
of a gang who were known to have recently repulsed a band of Mexican
regulars.
Lieutenant Rodman Butler, with C
troop, surrounded the bandits' gathering place. They, however, had fled
when lie arrived.
'RESS
APPROVES STATEMENT
Mexico City, July 1.—Mexico City
newspapers vigorously approve the
statement given out by Foreign Secretary Aguilar commenting upon and
refuting assertions in the American
note.
The statement contains a strenuous
denial of many of the charges made in
this communication with counter
charges against the United States, but
does not contain a repetition of the
demand for withdrawal of Ameiican
troops.
Replying to the charge that Amori-
can citizens have been murdered in
Mexico the statement points out that,
because of internal disturbances Mexican citizens also have suffered from
the operations of foandits and revolutionary forces.
Many Mexicans Murdered,
It is also asserted that in many
cases Mexicans have been murdered
on American soil and that thair murderers have gc.'j unpunished, although the attention of the American
state department had been called to
the occurrence.
The foreign office points out that
many of the outrages complained of
by the United States occurred before
the United States recognized thp Carranza government and alleg.es that
because of this fact it is not proper
to bring these complaints to the attention of the de facto government at
this time.
The foreign office reiterates previous declarations every effort has been
made by the Constitutionalist government to punish persons guilty of outrages against foreigners.
ARE LINING UP FOR FIGHT
Mexican Troops Move Into Advantageous Positions.
Columbus, N; M., June 30.—According to reports received here 10,000
Carranzista cavalry have been mobilized at Bustillo on the Mexican-
Northwestern, 12,000 men are at Villa,
Ahumada, 2,000 are at Guzman, and]
General P. Elas Calles of Sonora is j
moving large bodies of troops toward I
the Sonora-Chihuahua border.
If these reports are true the envel-1
oping movement of the Mexicans j
around General Pershing's army is be-1
coming more and more pronounced.
AMERICAN MARINE IS KILLED:
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Private John Acriment Slain in Battle j
at San Domingo.
Washington, June 30.—One Ameri- j
can marine, Private John Acriment,;
was killed in an engagement between!
American marines and San Domingo j
rebels at Monte Cristi, according to a;
report received from Rear Admiral j
Oaperton.
The engagement lasted an hour.
f Devonshire Succeeds Connaught.
London, June 29.—Official announce- j
Blent was made that the Duke of Con-1
naught will be succeeded as governor
general of Canada by the Duke of
Devonshire.
Journal ads bring" results.